Lyngate Park and Dog Park, Port St. Lucie

Lyngate Park, a 16-acre Port St. Lucie city park classed Community, has a fenced dog park, two ball fields, tennis and basketball courts under lights, four racquetball courts with lights, two pavilions and a large lighted playground for ages 2 to 12.

The ball fields on the city's Lyngate Park and Dog Park page are listed in the page's shorthand: field one is "200 baseball with 60 base," and field two, listed with lights, is "285 baseball/softball" with 60, 65 and 70 bases. The playground includes sensory play components, and the site has ADA restrooms and free Wi-Fi.

The larger Lyngate Park pavilion, listed as 36 x 40, has lights, electric, water, two grills and nine tables. A smaller pavilion near the playground, listed as 24 x 24, has seven tables, one grill, lights and electric (park page). The Port St. Lucie facility snapshot tags the park autism friendly and lists a racquetball court filter alongside the dog park and pet waste stations.

City pages describe the Lyngate diamonds' lighting in two ways. The park page attaches lights only to field two, the 285 foot field, while the department FAQ, answering where to play baseball, lists Lyngate Park with 2 lighted ball fields (Parks and Recreation FAQ). The same FAQ lists Lyngate Park and Dog Park among the city's lighted tennis sites with 2 lighted tennis courts and states that all lighted tennis courts have a 9:30 p.m. light curfew.

On that Port St. Lucie FAQ list of tennis and pickleball sites, Jessica Clinton Park and Sportsman's Park also show 2 lighted tennis courts each, and Whispering Pines Park shows 6 lighted tennis courts and 24 lighted pickleball courts.

The Lyngate Park dog park in Port St. Lucie has separate fenced areas for large, medium and small dogs, and the city requires every dog to have current licenses and vaccinations.

The rules on the Lyngate Park and Dog Park page say owners pick up after their pets, using the pet waste stations with bags and disposal containers the city provides, and aggressive dogs and dogs in heat are barred. The same page lists a shade structure and water fountain with the fenced areas.

The Lyngate Park page posts one set of hours for the site, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Smoking, including e-cigarettes, is limited to designated areas in all Port St. Lucie parks (Parks and Recreation FAQ).

Youth baseball at Lyngate Park belongs to the American Little League, which the City of Port St. Lucie names as the park's home league, and adult slow pitch softball also uses the fields.

The city Sports Leagues page lists PSL American Little League at Lyngate Park under the heading Recognized User Leagues, in a youth baseball and softball group for players aged 4 to 16. For adults, it lists a 60 and over slow pitch league at Lyngate Park from September to December and January to May, and the city's own coed slow pitch league for ages 18 and up at Lyngate Park and Sandhill Crane Park, run through Minsky Gym at 772-344-4142. The Port St. Lucie page prints a contact for each recognized user league and says those leagues operate independently.

Lyngate is among the parks named on the city rental table for baseball and softball field lining, priced at $10.56 before tax on the October 22, 2026 version of the table, with diamond lights charged per field per hour (Reservations and Rentals).

Lyngate Park sits at 1301 SE Lyngate Drive, Port St. Lucie 34952, and opens at 8 a.m., closing at 10 p.m., while sports lights go off at 9:30 p.m.

Those hours and the Parks and Recreation contact line, 772-878-2277, are on the park page. Those times match the citywide rule for community parks in the Port St. Lucie department FAQ, which lists 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. for community parks and closes lighted courts at 9:30 p.m.

A Census Bureau geocoder match for 1301 SE Lyngate Dr falls within Port St. Lucie city limits, GEOID 1258715, in Census Tract 3820.09 (Census Geocoder result). The comprehensive plan's park inventory uses the same street address for the entry it titles Lyngate Park / Dog Park (Table 7-1 of the comprehensive plan). The 2025 master plan update names Lyngate Park, with Sportsman's Park and Swan Park, as a community park where parking continues to be a challenge (2025 parks master plan).

The two Port St. Lucie sources differ: the Lyngate Park page says the park was established in 1979, while the 2025 parks master plan update lists the year as 1976.

The rows come from the park page, the master plan update inventory and the Recreation and Open Space Element. All three Port St. Lucie records agree on the 16 acres. Under the element's own legend, CP-A marks a Community Park used for active recreation; the element's park types put a Community Park at typically a minimum of 15 acres that may contain lighted athletic facilities for night time play, sized for a population within 1 to 3 miles.

Port St. Lucie's 2025 parks plan puts Lyngate Park on its list of parks with furnishings approaching the end of their use life that need replacement in the next 1 to 3 years, and scores its site amenities at 2.1 out of 3.0.

The furnishings finding in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan Update, 2025 puts Lyngate Park among parks with furnishings near the end of their use life, due for replacement within 1 to 3 years. The plan states these findings will be considered in its vision phase for park specific recommendations.

Figure 2.26 gives the Lyngate Park and Dog Park row 2.1 for site amenities, 1.9 for site furnishings and 2.0 for general hardscape and landscape, with the figure's site legend reading 3.0 as excellent, 2.0 as fair and 1.0 as poor; the site evaluation average cell for Lyngate shows a dash (Figure 2.26 park system evaluations).

Lyngate Park shelters and fields can be booked no more than 90 days out, the Port St. Lucie limit for community parks, and the posted 3-hour pavilion charge is $20.28 before tax for a Group Pavilion or $11.36 for a Family Pavilion.

The Reservations and Rentals page, as posted on October 22, 2026, shows $21.70 and $12.16 once sales tax is added and $10.42 before tax per added hour. Pavilions may be booked online or in person at the PSL Community Center; sport courts and athletic fields are booked in person there. Full payment is due at booking.

Changes have their own rules on the same Port St. Lucie page: a cancellation 15 days before the event returns 50 percent of the fee and later cancellations return nothing, while one reschedule is free if requested 14 days ahead. If music or announcements could break Noise Ordinance 91-43, a noise permit from the Police Department is needed beforehand (Reservations and Rentals). Last verified: October 22, 2026, after the Lyngate Drive park page, the dog park rules, the league list, the rental table, the FAQ hours, both the 1979 and 1976 records with Table 7-1, and the geocoder match were each pulled again.